Latest events

At this time, the health and wellbeing of our staff, students and visitors is our primary concern and consequently, our upcoming on-site events have been postponed. All webinars and online events are scheduled to go ahead as planned. We hope to reschedule events in due course and once new dates have been confirmed they will be listed on this page. For any enquiries please contact us by email. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to see you at a future event.

Upcoming events

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Climate Change and Our Forests

In our second webinar of the climate change series,we are pleased to welcome Professor Rob MacKenzie, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Birmingham. This session will explore and explain the impact that rising CO2 levels have on forests around the world.

Date and time:
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
19.30 - 20.30

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The New Normal? Implications for employers, leadership and wellbeing

This webinar discusses the impact of the 'new normal' on business practices and shares our own experiences - at the University of Derby - of moving to an online work environment.

Date and time:
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
11.00 - 12.00

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Recover - Restart - Redesign : Safely reopening the hospitality sector

Our Virtual Hospitality Conference brings together industry speakers and key government departments to discuss how best to prepare venues for a safe reopening following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date and time:
Thursday, 4 June 2020
09.00 - 12.00

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Study Early Childhood Studies Online at Derby Webinar

Join this webinar to discover more about studying an Early Childhood Studies (Top-Up) BA (Hons) online at Derby. The webinar includes a 30 minute presentation from Dr Helen Simmons, Programme Lead for Early Childhood Studies.

Date and time:
Friday, 12 June 2020
14.00 - 15.00

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Nature Connections 2020

**Event postponed** The Nature Connections Conference will share the latest research evidence on the links between nature connectedness, well-being, climate change, and biodiversity and pro-nature behaviours.

Date and time:
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
09.00 - 17.00

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Discovering Online Learning Webinar, June

During this hour-long webinar, we'll take you through the basic principles of how online learning works and what you can expect as an online learner. The webinar includes a 20 minute presentation and an opportunity to take part in a Q&A.

Date and time:
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
14.00 - 15.00

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ESRC Conference

The Environmental Sustainability Research Centre's annual conference will showcase research aligned with four of the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals, including ongoing research activity from staff and postgraduate research students.

Date and time:
Monday, 22 June 2020
10.00 - 14.30

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Enabling a Smart World through Service Computing and Data Processing Architectures

*Event postponed* Professor Stephan Reiff-Marganiec discusses the great emergence of smart technology, the opportunity it provides to improve our daily lives, but also the human worries that are increasingly associated with it.

Date and time:
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
18.30 - 20.30

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Undergraduate Open Day, Derby Campus

Visit us in July to discover our Derby Campus and find out more about our undergraduate courses.

Date and time:
Saturday, 4 July 2020
09.30 - 15.00

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Study Early Childhood Studies Online at Derby Webinar

Date and time:
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
14.00 - 15.00

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Life With and Without Animals: The second (Un)common Worlds conference

This two-day international animal studies conference aims to convey a sense of what the interdisciplinary field of animal studies looks like in 2020.

Date and time:
Friday, 6 November 2020 08.30 -
Saturday, 7 November 2020 16.30